Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, the reality is that the current Prime Minister has increased spending on our public service by $20 billion at the same time as increasing spending on external consultants by $20 billion, and he still managed to trigger the largest strike in Canadian history. Yes, I

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, in 1995, the most draconian budget in Canadian history was brought in by Liberal finance minister Paul Martin. Why did he do it? It was because he had to. He had to do it because the Government of Canada was broke. It could no longer borrow money. It had hit a wall

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, the reality is that we need to be able to afford to have these things. We have the weakest growth of OECD countries, despite having more than doubled our debt to over $1.3 trillion since the current government took office. We need to grow the economy. We need polic

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, only the NDP could think that raising taxes for Canadians would make life more affordable for Canadians. The reality is that we need to increase the size of our economic output so we can afford the important programs that the member cares about, and I hope he comes

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to talk about “a line we shall not cross.” Only one short year ago, the finance minister said, “let me be very clear: We are absolutely determined that our debt-to-GDP ratio must continue to decline.” It did not. In fact, it went up. She also said, “Ou

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I note that the member did not discuss the deficits that are projected in the budget. If we look through to 2027-28, they project that the combined debt of Canada will be over $1.3 trillion, which is more than double what it was when the government took office. Doe

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions today. The first one calls upon the House to adopt human rights and environmental due diligence legislation that would require companies to prevent adverse human rights impacts and environmental damage throughout their global operations and supp

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition calls on the Government of Canada to take the following action: immediately call for an end to violence and for restraint from all sides and parties involved in the Tigray conflict; and immediately call for humanitarian access to the region and fo

Yom Ha'atzmaut  Mr. Speaker, for centuries, at the Passover Seder, Jews around the world have said, “Next year in Jerusalem” to commemorate the aspirations of those held in slavery under the pharaoh in ancient Egypt. Theodor Herzl, the father of modern-day Zionism, said, “If you will it, it is n

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I happened to sub in on this committee when Senator Martin was testifying and she was very clear. She did not want this bill changed. I heard her say it several times during her testimony at the immigration committee. Now she may be open to other legislation to mor

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer reviewed the budget and identified close to $800 million in what the government is calling non-announced spending. This would be in addition to the billions of dollars in non-announced spending announced last year. I am wondering i

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my friend from Winnipeg on his sartorial selections today. They look very good on him. I have a question about the budget itself. The budget projects that this year, over $40 billion will go to interest on the debt, to wealthy bankers and bo

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, we request a recorded vote.

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, what I find interesting about the member's comments is that it just seems that the Liberals never met an industry they did not try to kill. In Holland 100 years ago, the wooden shoes were called “sabots”. When people threw them into the windmill to gum up the gea

Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022  Madam Speaker, we have, for example, the ruling of Justice La Forest on it 34 years ago. We have section 8 of the charter, which has been interpreted by the courts as protecting privacy rights. Privacy is what this bill should be all about. It is because of concerns over people'